Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-160
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William F. Graham
Wednesday, February 21, 1973 · 8:10 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directs the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to evangelist Billy Graham. The primary purpose of the communication is to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and the prominent religious leader. The interaction consists solely of this logistical request to connect the line.
- William F. Graham
- White House communications
- presidential outreach
- telephone logs
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NARA Description
On February 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-160 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 43-160
Date: February 21, 1973
Time: 8:10 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to William F. (“Billy”) GrahamAlso recorded on February 22, 1973
- 043-161 8:10 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William F. ("Billy") Graham talked on the telephone from 8:10 pm to 8:30 pm.
- 043-162 9:50 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:50 am.
- 861-001 9:50 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:50 am to 9:51 am.
- 861-002 9:51 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 9:55 am.
- 861-003 9:51 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 9:55 am.
- 043-164 9:55 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 10:06 am.
- 043-165 9:55 AM · 2 min — Henry A. Kissinger and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 10:06 am.
- 861-004 9:55 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:55 am to 10:06 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 043-160, February 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-160 (accessed October 10, 2026).